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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 6, 2007Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 9:24 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2007, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 070228
TORMAF
TXC371-070315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0038.070507T0224Z-070507T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 31 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON.
  THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND
310.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
      3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
      3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070237
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

TXC371-070315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BAKERSFIELD...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON. THIS TORNADO WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY ON US HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 452 AND
460. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED NORTH TO INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF 
BAKERSFIELD. LARGE GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 
10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 282 AND 310.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
      3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
      3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265

$$

05
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070249 CCA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

TXC371-070315-
/O.COR.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
937 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO IS LIKELY EAST OF
HIGHWAY 285...HOWEVER HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE REMAINS LIKELY
ON HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 450 AND 458.

HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE STORM AS 
IT TRAVELS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 296 AND 308.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
      3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
      3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265

$$

05
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070307
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

TXC371-070315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070507T0315Z/
PECOS TX-
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTH OF
BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

AT 855 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM 
25 MILE SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 302 AND 309...NEAR THE US HIGHWAY 190 JUNCTION EAST
OF BAKERSFIELD. QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3062 10273 3044 10271 3047 10251 3061 10238
      3071 10228 3094 10191 3097 10196 3100 10204
      3099 10209 3101 10216 3093 10240 3079 10265

$$

05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan60 min
May 6, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 6, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan45 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 6, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell64 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 6, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
May 6, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 6, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell66 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan49 min
May 7, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 7, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell54 min
May 7, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
May 7, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell66 min
May 7, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell48 min
May 7, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell58 min
May 7, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster66 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.